Overall survival (OS) and head and neck cancer (HNC)-specific survival vary among HNC sites, according to a study. In particular, cigarette smoking is a prognostic factor of OS and HNC-specific survival in patients with cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx, whereas alcohol consumption is a prognostic factor of both survival outcomes in patients with cancer of the larynx.

The additional use of intermittent low-energy diet (LED) or daily meal replacements after a mean 10-percent weight loss and 1-year maintenance effectively maintains weight loss in obese patients with knee osteoarthritis for 3 years, according to a recent study.

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG) appears to be effective in Asians, with early weight loss correlating with midterm weight maintenance and remission of obesity-related comorbidities 1 year after the surgery, according to a study.

Slideshow: Highlights from the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Annual Congress 2017

11 Jul 2017

Slideshow: Highlights from the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Annual Congress 2017

Overall survival (OS) and head and neck cancer (HNC)-specific survival vary among HNC sites, according to a study. In particular, cigarette smoking is a prognostic factor of OS and HNC-specific survival in patients with cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx, whereas alcohol consumption is a prognostic factor of both survival outcomes in patients with cancer of the larynx.

The additional use of intermittent low-energy diet (LED) or daily meal replacements after a mean 10-percent weight loss and 1-year maintenance effectively maintains weight loss in obese patients with knee osteoarthritis for 3 years, according to a recent study.

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG) appears to be effective in Asians, with early weight loss correlating with midterm weight maintenance and remission of obesity-related comorbidities 1 year after the surgery, according to a study.